The World Science Fiction Society | Worldcon, NASFiC and the Hugo Awards Skip to content The World Science Fiction Society Worldcon, NASFiC and the Hugo Awards Menu About WSFS News Membership/How to Join Constitution/Rules/Minutes Archive of Past WSFS Constitutions/Rules/Minutes/Video The Business Meeting Business Meeting Video Conventions Awards Committees Mark Protection Committee MPC/WIP Minutes MPC Reports MPC Resolutions Nitpicking and Flyspecking Committee Worldcon Runners’ Guide Contact About WSFS If you are looking for information on how to join the World Science Fiction Society, see the Membership/How to Join page. You join WSFS by joining the current World Science Fiction Convention. See the list of Forthcoming Conventions at right for a list of all conventions sanctioned by WSFS (only Worldcons include WSFS membership) or see the Worldcon web site for links to future Worldcons. There are no membership forms on this web site. You must contact the individual Worldcon or NASFIC you want to join to obtain your membership from that convention. Although both Worldcon and NASFiC are conventions sanctioned by WSFS, only Worldcon includes a WSFS membership. Joining NASFiC does not include a WSFS membership and does not convey the right to nominate and vote on the Hugo Awards or to participate in the selection of future Worldcon sites. Purposes: The World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) is an unincorporated literary society whose purposes, according to its rules, are as follows: to choose the recipients of the annual Hugo Awards (Science Fiction Achievement Awards), to choose the locations and Committees for the annual World Science Fiction Conventions (the Worldcons), to attend those Worldcons, and to choose the locations and Committees for the occasional North American Science Fiction Conventions (the NASFiCs). (A NASFiC is held in North America in any year when the Worldcon is outside of North America.) Organization: There is no WSFS Board of Directors or Chair/President/CEO of WSFS. Almost all of the activities of the Society are performed by the selected convention committees, which are independent groups. Membership in the Society is defined as all persons for whom membership dues have been paid to the current Worldcon committee. The convention committees are selected up to two years in advance and you may wish to contact them as listed on this site for further information. All of the groups organizing WSFS-sanctioned conventions (Worldcon and NASFiC) and operating the various WSFS web sites are volunteers. There is no central office or paid staff operating any of these sites or conventions. Search for: Related sites The Hugo Awards Worldcon NASFiC Forthcoming Conventions 2025, August 13-17: Seattle Worldcon 2025 (Worldcon 83) - Seattle, Washington, USA 2026, August 27-31: LAcon V (Worldcon 84), Anaheim, California, US Recent Posts 2024 WSFS Business Meeting Issues Apology Resolution Consultative Vote on Independent Film Hugo Awards Proposal Announcement from WSFS Mark Protection Committee Announcements from Worldcon Intellectual Property 2023-24 WSFS Constitution and Standing Rules Posted News Archives News Archives Select Month September 2024 July 2024 February 2024 January 2024 November 2023 October 2023 September 2023 August 2022 February 2022 January 2022 November 2021 June 2020 March 2020 December 2019 September 2019 September 2018 August 2018 November 2017 Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use. To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy "World Science Fiction Society", "WSFS", "World Science Fiction Convention", "Worldcon", "NASFiC", "Lodestar Award", "The Hugo Award", the Hugo Award Logo, and the distinctive design of the Hugo Award Rocket are service marks of Worldcon Intellectual Property, a California non-profit corporation managed by the Mark Protection Committee of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society. You can contact the WSFS Mark Protection Committee at mpc@wsfs.org. Proudly powered by WordPress ~ Theme: Penscratch by WordPress.com.